CWE-352
AllowedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Abstraction: Compound · Status: Stable
The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.
14165 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-XCPX-XW8R-X8RF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-11 21:30 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:33Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in frucomerci List of Posts from each Category plugin for WordPress allows Stored XSS. This issue affects List of Posts from each Category plugin for WordPress: from n/a through 2.0.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-28894"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-11T21:15:46Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in frucomerci List of Posts from each Category plugin for WordPress allows Stored XSS. This issue affects List of Posts from each Category plugin for WordPress: from n/a through 2.0.",
"id": "GHSA-xcpx-xw8r-x8rf",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:33:56Z",
"published": "2025-03-11T21:30:39Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28894"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/list-posts-by-category/vulnerability/wordpress-list-of-posts-from-each-category-plugin-for-wordpress-plugin-2-0-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XCR9-6VFH-4R7R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:08 – Updated: 2025-04-11 03:48Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in mainfile.php in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 8.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add user accounts or (2) grant the administrative privilege to a user account, related to a Referer check that uses a substring comparison.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2011-1482"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2011-06-21T02:52:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in mainfile.php in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 8.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add user accounts or (2) grant the administrative privilege to a user account, related to a Referer check that uses a substring comparison.",
"id": "GHSA-xcr9-6vfh-4r7r",
"modified": "2025-04-11T03:48:01Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T03:08:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1482"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/9"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/30/8"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5Bphpnuke-8.x%5D_cross_site_request_forgery"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/[phpnuke-8.x]_cross_site_request_forgery"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-XCWV-4QFH-F8XJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-08 21:30 – Updated: 2026-04-28 21:33Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Automattic WooCommerce.This issue affects WooCommerce: from n/a through 8.2.2.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-52222"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-01-08T19:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Automattic WooCommerce.This issue affects WooCommerce: from n/a through 8.2.2.",
"id": "GHSA-xcwv-4qfh-f8xj",
"modified": "2026-04-28T21:33:46Z",
"published": "2024-01-08T21:30:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52222"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/woocommerce/wordpress-woocommerce-plugin-8-2-2-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XCXF-7Q4P-CJ26
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:51 – Updated: 2022-06-29 23:29A flaw was found in Jolokia versions from 1.2 to before 1.6.1. Affected versions are vulnerable to a system-wide CSRF. This holds true for properly configured instances with strict checking for origin and referrer headers. This could result in a Remote Code Execution attack.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Maven",
"name": "org.jolokia:jolokia-core"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "1.2"
},
{
"fixed": "1.6.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-10899"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-06-29T23:29:17Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2019-08-01T14:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A flaw was found in Jolokia versions from 1.2 to before 1.6.1. Affected versions are vulnerable to a system-wide CSRF. This holds true for properly configured instances with strict checking for origin and referrer headers. This could result in a Remote Code Execution attack.",
"id": "GHSA-xcxf-7q4p-cj26",
"modified": "2022-06-29T23:29:17Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:51:56Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10899"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2413"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2804"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10899"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://jolokia.org/changes-report.html#a1.6.1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1392fbebb4fbbec379a40d16e1288fe1e4c0289d257e5206051a3793@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r46f6dbc029f49e1f638c6eb82accb94b7f990d818cb3b3bc0007dd0a@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r64701caec91c43efd7416d6bddef88447371101e00e8562741ede262@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r67cdc50af9caf89c9ebe1bde08393a343dcd89edba1c63677f68f43b@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc169dac018d07e8ddf2a3bb2fd1efc6cbda4f83f1bbf7a8c798e7f4f@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E"
},
{
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"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdb0a59d7851e721b75beea13d6488e345a3e2735838e89d9269d7d32@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf33ffbba619a4281ce592a6ed259c07a557aefb4975619d83c4122ea@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Cross-Site Request Forgery in Jolokia"
}
GHSA-XCXP-XXX6-5FXH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 05:10 – Updated: 2025-04-11 04:10Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Login With Ajax plugin before 3.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify this plugin's settings.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2013-2707"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2013-05-10T11:42:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Login With Ajax plugin before 3.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify this plugin\u0027s settings.",
"id": "GHSA-xcxp-xxx6-5fxh",
"modified": "2025-04-11T04:10:08Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T05:10:01Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2707"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/52950"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-with-ajax/changelog"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-XF27-2797-G5JW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 22:00 – Updated: 2024-11-27 21:32The dynamic-widgets plugin before 1.5.11 for WordPress has CSRF with resultant XSS via the wp-admin/themes.php?page=dynwid-config page_limit parameter.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2015-9437"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-09-26T02:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The dynamic-widgets plugin before 1.5.11 for WordPress has CSRF with resultant XSS via the wp-admin/themes.php?page=dynwid-config page_limit parameter.",
"id": "GHSA-xf27-2797-g5jw",
"modified": "2024-11-27T21:32:36Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T22:00:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9437"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-widgets/#developers"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8258"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_489304900a50751da1495e2ea660bc51.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XF3F-GWVP-R5M8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-15 09:30 – Updated: 2026-04-28 21:34Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in James Ward WP Mail Catcher.This issue affects WP Mail Catcher: from n/a through 2.1.6.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-32099"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-15T09:15:10Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in James Ward WP Mail Catcher.This issue affects WP Mail Catcher: from n/a through 2.1.6.",
"id": "GHSA-xf3f-gwvp-r5m8",
"modified": "2026-04-28T21:34:43Z",
"published": "2024-04-15T09:30:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32099"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-mail-catcher/wordpress-wp-mail-catcher-plugin-2-1-6-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XF5H-8PQW-MGGQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-06 21:14 – Updated: 2024-02-01 15:30There is a cross-site-request forgery vulnerability in Esri Portal for ArcGIS Versions 11.0 and below that may allow an attacker to trick an authorized user into executing unwanted actions.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-25832"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-05-09T21:15:11Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "There is a cross-site-request forgery vulnerability in Esri Portal for ArcGIS Versions 11.0 and below that may allow an attacker to trick an authorized user into executing unwanted actions.\u00a0",
"id": "GHSA-xf5h-8pqw-mggq",
"modified": "2024-02-01T15:30:24Z",
"published": "2023-07-06T21:14:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25832"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.esri.com/en-us/patches-updates/2023/portal-for-arcgis-security-2023-update-1-patch-8095"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/trust-arcgis/administration/portal-for-arcgis-security-2023-update-1-patch-is-now-available"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XF5M-7GRH-3GVM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-28 09:31 – Updated: 2026-05-28 09:31The WP Contact Form 7 DB Handler plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Arbitrary File Deletion via SQL Injection and PHP Object Injection in versions up to and including 3.0. This is due to a missing nonce verification in the process_bulk_action() function, the nonce check is only executed when _wpnonce is present in the POST body, allowing it to be trivially bypassed by omitting the field, combined with the use of an unsanitized, unparameterized user-supplied value in a numeric SQL context (WHERE ID = $ID) and the unsafe deserialization of the query result's post_content field. An attacker can craft a CSRF page that tricks a logged-in administrator into triggering a UNION-based SQL injection payload (using CHAR() to avoid esc_sql quote-escaping) that returns a malicious serialized PHP array as post_content; upon deserialization, array values associated with keys containing 'ys_cfdbh_file' are used as file paths appended to the uploads directory path without any path traversal validation, and then passed to wp_delete_file(), allowing the attacker to delete arbitrary files on the server (e.g., wp-config.php, system files).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-6455"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-28T08:16:36Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The WP Contact Form 7 DB Handler plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Arbitrary File Deletion via SQL Injection and PHP Object Injection in versions up to and including 3.0. This is due to a missing nonce verification in the process_bulk_action() function, the nonce check is only executed when _wpnonce is present in the POST body, allowing it to be trivially bypassed by omitting the field, combined with the use of an unsanitized, unparameterized user-supplied value in a numeric SQL context (WHERE ID = $ID) and the unsafe deserialization of the query result\u0027s post_content field. An attacker can craft a CSRF page that tricks a logged-in administrator into triggering a UNION-based SQL injection payload (using CHAR() to avoid esc_sql quote-escaping) that returns a malicious serialized PHP array as post_content; upon deserialization, array values associated with keys containing \u0027ys_cfdbh_file\u0027 are used as file paths appended to the uploads directory path without any path traversal validation, and then passed to wp_delete_file(), allowing the attacker to delete arbitrary files on the server (e.g., wp-config.php, system files).",
"id": "GHSA-xf5m-7grh-3gvm",
"modified": "2026-05-28T09:31:19Z",
"published": "2026-05-28T09:31:18Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6455"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-contact-form-7-db-handler/tags/3.0/include/form-inner-page-class.php#L589"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-contact-form-7-db-handler/tags/3.0/include/form-inner-page-class.php#L605"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-contact-form-7-db-handler/tags/3.0/include/form-inner-page-class.php#L607"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-contact-form-7-db-handler/tags/3.0/include/form-inner-page-class.php#L615"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-contact-form-7-db-handler/trunk/include/form-inner-page-class.php#L589"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-contact-form-7-db-handler/trunk/include/form-inner-page-class.php#L605"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-contact-form-7-db-handler/trunk/include/form-inner-page-class.php#L607"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-contact-form-7-db-handler/trunk/include/form-inner-page-class.php#L615"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3520240%40wp-contact-form-7-db-handler\u0026new=3520240%40wp-contact-form-7-db-handler\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/96cdba03-7385-4374-915d-061be0276a95?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-XF6R-6C2V-5FV9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-13 03:30 – Updated: 2023-11-17 00:31Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in DAEXT Autolinks Manager plugin <= 1.10.04 versions.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-46625"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-352"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-11-13T01:15:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in DAEXT Autolinks Manager plugin \u003c=\u00a01.10.04 versions.",
"id": "GHSA-xf6r-6c2v-5fv9",
"modified": "2023-11-17T00:31:04Z",
"published": "2023-11-13T03:30:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46625"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/daext-autolinks-manager/wordpress-autolinks-manager-plugin-1-10-04-multiple-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-4
Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks
- Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid [REF-1482].
- For example, use anti-CSRF packages such as the OWASP CSRFGuard. [REF-330]
- Another example is the ESAPI Session Management control, which includes a component for CSRF. [REF-45]
Mitigation
Ensure that the application is free of cross-site scripting issues (CWE-79), because most CSRF defenses can be bypassed using attacker-controlled script.
Mitigation
Generate a unique nonce for each form, place the nonce into the form, and verify the nonce upon receipt of the form. Be sure that the nonce is not predictable (CWE-330). [REF-332]
Mitigation
Identify especially dangerous operations. When the user performs a dangerous operation, send a separate confirmation request to ensure that the user intended to perform that operation.
Mitigation
- Use the "double-submitted cookie" method as described by Felten and Zeller:
- When a user visits a site, the site should generate a pseudorandom value and set it as a cookie on the user's machine. The site should require every form submission to include this value as a form value and also as a cookie value. When a POST request is sent to the site, the request should only be considered valid if the form value and the cookie value are the same.
- Because of the same-origin policy, an attacker cannot read or modify the value stored in the cookie. To successfully submit a form on behalf of the user, the attacker would have to correctly guess the pseudorandom value. If the pseudorandom value is cryptographically strong, this will be prohibitively difficult.
- This technique requires Javascript, so it may not work for browsers that have Javascript disabled. [REF-331]
Mitigation
Do not use the GET method for any request that triggers a state change.
Mitigation
Check the HTTP Referer header to see if the request originated from an expected page. This could break legitimate functionality, because users or proxies may have disabled sending the Referer for privacy reasons.
CAPEC-111: JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking)
An attacker targets a system that uses JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) as a transport mechanism between the client and the server (common in Web 2.0 systems using AJAX) to steal possibly confidential information transmitted from the server back to the client inside the JSON object by taking advantage of the loophole in the browser's Same Origin Policy that does not prohibit JavaScript from one website to be included and executed in the context of another website.
CAPEC-462: Cross-Domain Search Timing
An attacker initiates cross domain HTTP / GET requests and times the server responses. The timing of these responses may leak important information on what is happening on the server. Browser's same origin policy prevents the attacker from directly reading the server responses (in the absence of any other weaknesses), but does not prevent the attacker from timing the responses to requests that the attacker issued cross domain.
CAPEC-467: Cross Site Identification
An attacker harvests identifying information about a victim via an active session that the victim's browser has with a social networking site. A victim may have the social networking site open in one tab or perhaps is simply using the "remember me" feature to keep their session with the social networking site active. An attacker induces a payload to execute in the victim's browser that transparently to the victim initiates a request to the social networking site (e.g., via available social network site APIs) to retrieve identifying information about a victim. While some of this information may be public, the attacker is able to harvest this information in context and may use it for further attacks on the user (e.g., spear phishing).
CAPEC-62: Cross Site Request Forgery
An attacker crafts malicious web links and distributes them (via web pages, email, etc.), typically in a targeted manner, hoping to induce users to click on the link and execute the malicious action against some third-party application. If successful, the action embedded in the malicious link will be processed and accepted by the targeted application with the users' privilege level. This type of attack leverages the persistence and implicit trust placed in user session cookies by many web applications today. In such an architecture, once the user authenticates to an application and a session cookie is created on the user's system, all following transactions for that session are authenticated using that cookie including potential actions initiated by an attacker and simply "riding" the existing session cookie.